Sitewide XHTML validator

[piersk]

I'm trying to keep my site XHTML 1.0, but I can't be bothered to check for every page. Is there anywhere where I can just type in the URL and the validator will follow all links?

[drawmack]

no, but it wouldn't be hard to write one that uses fsockopen and calls the validator program from w3c and then parses the results.

[goldbug]

This isn't exactly the solution you had in mind... but if you are using MozillaFirebird, install the Web Developer extension... lets you validate your pages in a new tab in a quick two-click process. It's not a sitewide thing, but much faster than manually entering URLs into the W3C site.

[goldbug]

Another option.... snag the source for the validator (http://validator.w3.org/source/) and just mod it to run locally, walking thru your directories or a predetermined file list.

[drawmack]

goldbug, what about nested spacer gifs?

[Merve]

Originally posted by drawmack
goldbug, what about nested spacer gifs?

How about nested tables with unclosed <p> tags and spacer gifs? Now that's hell!